Brockton schools blame thousands in unauthorized pay on clerical error

BROCKTON — Since July 2025, Brockton School Committee members have been getting an unauthorized raise of $5,000 a year, according to payroll records and the city’s chief financial officer.

By city ordinance, their pay is supposed to be a $15,000 salary. Instead, they have been receiving $20,000, Chief Financial Officer Troy Clarkson said in a June 11 interview at City Hall.

The schools say it was a clerical error. “I will take full responsibility for that,” Superintendent Priya Tahiliani said at a June 10 budget hearing. “I would not say that that is anything nefarious.”…

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